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• N° 9 • Belgrade, May 9, 2016
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Army Day and Victory Day Celebrations in Serbia
1,300 soldiers and members of the Serbian Ministry of Defense take part in the parade, with more than 40 different types of weapons and military equipment on display
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ictory Day, a holiday that commemorates the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union at the end of Second World War, is celebrated today in Serbia along with members of the Serbian Army celebrating the Army Day in Zrenjanin, northern Serbia. 1,300 soldiers and members of the Serbian Ministry of Defense take part in the parade, with more than 40 different types of weapons and military equip-
Irinej, Serbian Patriarch: We still do not know what happened, or more precisely, for now we can just assume what happened in New York on Easter when St. Sava church burnt down. The FBI could help. They are the most competent to untie this knot
ment on display. "The static part of the celebration will showcase modernized weapons and military equipment, some for the first time," the Ministry of Defense reported in a statement. "What's new is that soldiers serving on a voluntary basis will for the first time march under weapons, as part of the infantry march-past," reads the statement. The Victory Day is mostly celebrated on
Srdjan Verbic, Minister of Education: Competition for science and research projects was cancelled. Apparently we are unable to maintain human capacities and the salaries of all employees in the science sector while boosting scientific quality and competitiveness
May 9 in former Soviet republics, and some Slavic countries, while some other countries commemorate the victory in WWII day before, on May 8. Today is also the Europe Day, in commemoration of the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950, a proposal put forward by then French foreign minister Robert Schuman to place Franco-German production of coal and steel under one common High Authority.
Dusan Kozarev, Office for Kosovo: There is no need to discriminate against citizens in Kosovo who have passports issued by the Coordination Administration of the Serbian Interior Ministry. Those passports were practically a form of protection